Cross Country Skiing

[ridebikeme]

Thanks for sharing Crankin!! How much snow have you received at home this weekend?

I just got back froma short ski, absolutely gorgeous out! The snow falling from the trees was tending to amke things a bit sticky, but nonetheless it was great!! I would guess that we received about 8", so received another 9-10" earlier in the week, so as of now things are pretty nice out. But as you know, temps are going to be warm this week.... we'll see what happens.

[Crankin]

It was raining/sleeting until about 9 AM. We have a couple of inches of wet snow, but it will come down hard for awhile and then stop, start again. It's supposed to snow until 5 AM, and we are supposed to get 4-8 inches here in the western suburbs. I am planning on skiing tomorrow; hoping Great Brook Farm in Carlisle will open, so I can do it close to home. Otherwise, I will drive to Windblown, that has received a lot more snow, and go directly to my one client from there.
Am about to go out and do a quick snow shoe on my neighborhood/conservation land trails.

[ridebikeme]

Glad to hear that you received some snow instead of just rain! I would guess that we reeived well over a foot in this last storm, so about 2 feet this week. I just finished shovelling the driveway for the second day in a row, I'll eat some breckfast and then head out for a ski. It's supposed to be warm all week, so it will be interesting to see how the snow lasts....

Have fun on your snowshoe today!

[Crankin]

Just got back from 10K at Great Brook Farm in Carlisle. It was great to sneak in a ski during the week, but I should have driven to Windblown and just gone to work from there... it was 35 degrees when I left, so I knew I had to get out there when they opened at 10. The conditions weren't awful, as I've seen it really bad there, but they just don't groom like other places. The tracks were slushy, which I'll take over icy or twigs and rocks, but there was plenty of powder in the skating lane, so I skied there a lot. Other places will take the new snow and put it on the tracks. I went on one new trail there, which is kind of hard, since there's only ten miles of trails, but it was the best of the day, since it's rated black and mostly beginners go there... great powder and good hills.
It was getting very busy there when I left at 11:15 or so and it's already 40 degrees. More snow on Wednesday!

[roadie gal]

We haven't had any substantial snow since late December. It's getting scary for the upcoming fire season.

I hadn't skied in about 3 weeks. I just lost interest for a while. But I went out and skate skied the last 2 days. I tried out the "Map My Run" app on the cell phone for my skiing distance. I have no idea how accurate it is. I 'll have to do a road run and compare the app with a known distance. But both days it says I did about 5 miles. I'm good with that.

[ridebikeme]

Well, the past week and a half has dropped about 2 1/2 feet of snow here, although the warm temps have made the snow melt/freeze several times. Got out for a short ski today, and although the sun was missing it was AWESOME to be out!! With all of the snow, more than likely it will be quite some time before we are riding outside on a regular basis.. so here's to cross training!

[Crankin]

Skied about 11-12K (no GPS today) at Windblown. While it wasn't perfect powder, it was great packed powder/granular. No ice at all. Did the very bottom part of the Open Slope successfully. DH did not do so well, as he fell twice going down, as well as once from a standstill. He laughed though, and it's good for me to have a day when I do better at a sport than he does. Going back tomorrow, or maybe to Northfield MT. in western MA.
Ridebikeme, while we don't have as much snow down here, the roads are just yucky with sand/remelting, ice. I thought tomorrow might be the day for my first ride, but I am going to wait.